The Bamboos

In our final playlist update of the year, this week we have added ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our track of the week goes to a festive track, “Merry Kissmas” from Hachiku and Tushara Rose. Naarm/Melbourne-via-Germany-via-Detroit indie-rock/alt-pop outfit Hachiku is the music project from Anika Ostendorf (she/her), who was a…

A week ago, The Ferguson Rogers Process unveiled their debut album, Style And Or Substance. The project is the brainchild of two of Australia’s most treasured musicians, Lance Ferguson* of The Bamboos and Tim Rogers, best known for being the frontman of You Am I, although limiting them to mentions of just those two bands is doing…

Day five of Bluesfest comes around all too soon. The end is in sight, but there’s still the chance to see bands that you missed the first time round, and there are always a few that haven’t played yet. One of those was perennial favourite Kate Ceberano. Her voice is better than ever, she had…

Melbourne’s funk and soul powerhouse The Bamboos recently released their new album Night Time People. In celebration, the nine-piece are set to embark on a headline tour throughout August, their first since 2015. Already regarded as one of the world’s premier funk-soul outfits, The Bamboos eighth studio album is shaping to be the record that…

Melbourne meets Sydney with this little collaboration between The Bamboos and Urthboy on “Broken”. Taken from The Bamboos’ forthcoming album – their eighth – Night Time People, “Broken” is uplifting and evocative. Coupling Urthboy’s flow with Kylie Auldist‘s soulful choruses, “Broken” addresses strength in the face of the sometimes constant battles with mental illness that many go through on a…

A welcoming sun of the stinking hot variety greeted us for these next two days at Woodfordia. This was to be expected, but it was essentially a nice little bit of festival-ness in a festival that is invariably unique. Thursday was a slow but sure start with a little bit of lantern making for the…

Founder of Falls Festival has went and brought another three-day* festival into the Australian market, securing Melbourne’s Victorian era Weribee Mansion for The Lost Lands. Over the Melbourne Cup weekend (Oct 29 to 30*), this new all-ages festival will be driven by a local and international line-up of some very reliable bands and musicians, spread…

After early bird tickets sold out in less than 15 minutes, sun-soaked Sydney boutique festival Vibes on a Summer’s Day has officially released an impressive first-wave line up, bringing in both international and local acts for a mash of nu-disco, jazz, soul, space funk, house, and more. The popular event will take place in January…

What started as a simple collaboration has turned into a national tour. Tim Rogers and The Bamboos have joined forces to tour Australia after the success of the collaborated track ‘I Got Burned’ which featured on the double ARIA nominated Bamboos album Medicine Man. The shows will see the unique ten-piece be vocally led by…